What do you think of the criminals in the Luohe kidnapping case?
In the conference room, the police officers, with expectant faces, looked at Shen Ting and wrote this question on the whiteboard, all of them were a little confused.
Is this question related to how to confirm that the Hummer is in the pond in Sanyapo?
It seems like they have nothing to do with each other!
“The criminals are brutal, that’s for sure.
The roasted and half-bitten ear is proof of that.”
“The answer that Chen Ting wants is that the criminal is very thoughtful and clever!
Otherwise, the case would not have remained unsolved for so many years.
It's impossible that the Hummer has been found only now."
“However, the criminals do not seem to have a high level of education.
I remember the ransom note was full of scribbling and typos."
"I have doubts about this, and it may be a trick used by criminals.
In other words, the murderer is very cunning and is trying to confuse us."
Shen Ting met the gazes of the police officers, nodded and smiled:
“These answers are all correct.
In short, our overall impression of criminals is vague.
He has the usual cruelty of a kidnapper, but also has a low level of literary literacy and seems not to be very smart.
These are the impressions that the kidnappers have left on us through actions such as sending ransom letters.
Now comes the second question!"
Shen Ting wrote on the whiteboard:
“Why did the criminals let the boatman and his family go and even place them next to the bay where the shipwreck occurred?
And they specifically asked the Liu family to compensate for the ship in the ransom letter?"
The officers' frowns deepened as they looked at the second question.
"When we first took over the case, we speculated that the criminal had seen the baby in the cradle and let the boatman go.
Some of them may have children.
So I made an exception.”
"As for the ransom note asking the Liu family to compensate for the ship, the investigation team was so busy at the time that they didn't think too much about it."
“But now looking back on it, it’s interesting.
Regardless of why the criminals did not kill the boatman and his family, they could have simply dumped them far away from the bay.
That way, it would be harder for us to be sure the ferry is in the inlet."
"The criminal is guiding us to salvage the inlet and discover the ferry?"
Shen Ting nodded to the police officer who spoke last: “That’s right!
And it not only guides the salvage work, but also guides the thinking of the investigation team.
The boatman survived and left them near the bay. He also specifically asked the Liu family to compensate for the boat in the ransom letter.
The criminals used this information to guide the investigation team to the point where the ferry was abandoned in the bay.
This should be to temporarily contain the police force in the bay."
Shen Ting continued:
"Combining these two questions, I wonder if anyone has any findings?"
Xiong Beibei: "Is the criminal cunning and shrewd?"
Xu Xinyi: "Or perhaps all the murderer's actions, though seemingly random, actually have a purpose?
The half-eaten ear that was cooked and left over, the ransom note full of typos, etc., blurred the impression of the criminal.
The boatman has tied up the police in the bay again.”
"You're all right!"
Chen Ting said: “So, the next third question is, since the murderer is so cunning and shrewd, everything he does has a deep meaning.
So why did they specifically send the ransom letter to the New Economic Newspaper?
"In the case of kidnapping and extortion, wouldn't it be more direct to send the letter directly to the Liu family?
You can also threaten them and not call the police!
But criminals, why do you do the opposite? "
The police officers frowned even more tightly, thinking.
"I'll give you a hint!"
Chen Ting said: “Why is it the New Economic News, and not the Dajing Evening News, Dajing Noon News, or other newspapers?
What’s so special about the New Economic News?
"Uh, bad reputation!"
"Indeed, the Xinjing registration has a bad reputation, and everyone knows it."
"Bad reputation is the result. What Chen Ting should be asking is, what did the New Economic Newspaper do to cause its bad reputation?"
"Eating human blood buns? Doing anything to attract attention?"
Zheng Yuanqiao's expression changed: "Chen Ting, what you mean is that the murderer knows the nature of the New Economic News, so he specifically takes advantage of their unscrupulous means.
Sending them half an ear and a ransom note means knowing that they will not let go of this explosive news.
Will it be published in the newspaper so that everyone knows about it?
But why is this?
What good does this do to the kidnappers?"
Shen Ting nodded towards Zheng Yuanqiao and said with a smile:
"Very good, everyone will ask their own questions now.
What Captain Zheng mentioned is the fourth question."
He wrote on the whiteboard: Why do criminals want to make things worse?
"Let me put it another way. What happens next when a kidnapping is reported in the newspapers?"
After Shen Ting finished speaking, the confusion on everyone's faces became more obvious.
Are these issues really related to the Sanyapo car sinking?
It feels so far away.
The point is, these questions are a bit too subjective.
Ordinary police officers often find it difficult to understand the criminals' thought processes.
Because reasoning requires logic, and criminals don't.
Why do they kill people? Why do they do something? Sometimes there is no basis at all. They just suddenly have an idea and then do it.
There is no reason at all!
Thinking of this, many police officers suddenly realized.
They suddenly understood the significance of Shen Ting’s first two questions.
Those two questions suggest that everything the murderer did might have seemed insignificant at the time.
But looking back after twelve years, almost everything has a deeper meaning behind it.
In this case, sending a ransom note and half an ear, such a high-profile thing, is obviously not just to make things bigger, it is likely to have a deeper meaning.
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